Theodora Angelina, Duchess of Austria
Theodora Angelina (c. 1180-1185 – 22/23 June 1246) was the wife of Leopold VI of Austria, by whom she had several children.
Theodora Angelina | |
|---|---|
 Theodora Angelina | |
| Born | c. 1180-1185 Constantinople |
| Died | 22 or 23 June 1246 (aged 61-66) Kahlenberg |
| Noble family | Angelus |
| Spouse(s) | Leopold VI, Duke of Austria |
Life
Birth and parentage and early life
Theodora is believed to have been born sometime around 1180/5 in Constantinople to parents whose identities are uncertain. However, it is known that one of her grandmothers was a daughter of a Byzantine Emperor.[1] As such, Theodora may have been a daughter of John Doukas (son of Andronikos Angelos)[2] or else a daughter of one of Andronikos' daughters.[3]
Marriage and later life
In 1203, Theodora married a distant cousin, Leopold VI, Duke of Austria.[4] Her husband died in 1230 and she subsequently became a nun. She died in 1246.[3]
Leopold and Theodora had seven children:
- Margaret, Duchess of Austria (1204 - February 28, 1266)
- Agnes of Austria (February 19, 1205 - August 29, 1226)
- Leopold of Austria (1207–1216) fell from a tree and died
- Henry II, Duke of Mödling (1208 - November 28, 1228)
- Gertrude of Austria (1210–1241)
- Frederick II, Duke of Austria (25 April 1211 - June 15, 1246)
- Constantia of Austria (April 6, 1212 - June 5, 1243)
Footnotes
- Continuatio Admuntensis 1203, MGH SS IX, p. 590, which refers to her as "Constantinopolitani imperatoris ex filia neptem"
- ES II 179
- Cawley, Charles, Byzantium 2: Theodora Adied 1246, Medieval Lands database, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy,
- Annales Mellicenses 1203, MGH SS IX, p. 506
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References
- Schwennicke, D., Europäische Stammtafeln (ES) (1984–2002)
- Johannes Preiser-Kapeller, Von Ostarrichi an den Bosporus. Ein Überblick zu den BeziehungenMittelalter (From Ostarrichi to the Bosporus: an overview of relations in the Middle Ages), in: Pro Oriente Jahrbuch 2010. Vienna 2011, p. 66-77
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